#recover

Gately can't even imagine what it would be like to be a sober and drug-free biker. It's like what would be the point. He imagines these people polishing the hell out of their leather and like playing a lot of really precise pool. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#alcoholics-anonymous #bikers #drugs #recovery #sobriety

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole. ↗

— China Miéville

#injury #inspirational #recovery #scar #scars

My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life. ↗

— Tammy Duckworth

#died #during #experience #had #i

Drinking is something people do; it's not what you are. But when it becomes what you are, you need to think about becoming something else. ↗

— Tim Cowlishaw

#alcoholism-addiction-recovery #help-self #inspirational-success-failure #inspirational

A good friend will help you to discover the potentials you haven't uncovered. A bad friend will help you to cover up the potentials you have already recovered. Make your choice! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#choice #companion #comrade #cover #cover-up

Hope drowned in shadows emerges fiercely splendid–– boldly angelic. ↗

— Aberjhani

#angels #courage #faith #haiku #haikus

As more information becomes available, and the magnitude of the storm's impact becomes even more apparent, it becomes clear that this recovery will be lengthy. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#available #becomes #clear #even #impact

On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity. ↗

— Mark Udall

#creativity #emotionally #fatal #get #helps

I think the recovery hasn't been stronger because the hole that was dug for President Obama by the Bush administration was far worse than anybody could imagine, first of all. ↗

— Howard Dean

#anybody #because #been #bush #bush administration

I'm a recovering lawyer. The practice of law has changed. Every agreement is a fight. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#changed #every #fight #i #law